"The Red Krayola with Art & Language present, in association with Drag City Records, Five American Portraits. The five subjects in sequence of appearance are: Wile E. Coyote, the Warner Bros. cartoon character; George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, former presidents of the United States of America; John Wayne, the actor; and Ad Reinhardt, the artist. Their portraits in words and music will hang in the halls of your mind, taking shape as their features are described against backdrops of familiar and characteristic music, for convenient reference listed below. Wile E. Coyote: 'Roadrunner' (Ellas McDaniel); President George W. Bush: 'Texas Our Texas' (William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright), 'The Eyes of Texas' (lyrics by John Lang Sinclair, music based on the American folk song 'I've Been Working on the Railroad,' a.k.a, 'Levee Song'), and 'The New Eyes of Texas' (music and lyrics by Mayo Thompson); President Jimmy Carter: 'Georgia on My Mind' (Hoagy Charmichael and Stuart Gorrell) and 'Dixie's Land' (Daniel Decatur Emmett); John Wayne: 'The Searchers' (music by Max Steiner, incorporating 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee' (D. Gillis), and 'Dixie's Land' (op cit); Ad Reinhardt: 'Piano Sonata No. 6' K284/205b, first movement, first and second sections (W.A. Mozart), which incorporates the signature motif of 'Paint it Black' (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)."

"With the entirely new music statement, Sighs Trapped by Liars, The Red Krayola renew their association with conceptual artists, Art & Language. Beginning in 1973, their collaboration includes the video projects 'Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors,' and 'Struggle in New York,' as well as the much-acclaimed and decried music releases, Corrected Slogans, Kangaroo?, and Black Snakes. Thirty years has mellowed the various parties not at all. The faint-hearted might want to swallow something calming before giving Sighs Trapped by Liars a spin. Sighs Trapped by Liars is as much a delightful bit of latter-day entertainment as it is a sensational musical excursion not trapped in any era. The composers of Red Krayola classics such as 'Keep All Your Friends,' 'Portrait of V.I.Lenin in the Style of Jackson Pollock,' 'Black Snakes,' and 'Born In Flames' have made another try at negotiating the relationship between language and music in this new collection. Speaking in a contemporary (and frequently foul-mouthed) voice they say something we could all stand to hear -- in a popular music format that we can all enjoy. Those expecting a further trip into the radical leftist pamphleteering of the former works will have to listen closely; these are new songs for new days. Perspectives are taken from quotes, exhibits and jokes of history are translated into material that addresses the state of the art. This music couldn't be made without the experiences and politics of former days. The questions the '60s asked about the very idea of music and objects inform the practice today; the relationship of these new songs to the old ones is projective and analytical, subject to change without notice."